Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vinaceous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English

Syllables: vina-ceous
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Containing wine.

adj

Of the colour of red wine.

adj

Of the colour of red wine.

noun

A specific color among several that represent red wine.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Near-synonym: winelike"
"Caudal femora of the lighter general color inclined to vinaceous pink on the ventral portion of the lateral face, dorsal and bounding carinae of the paginae sparsely beaded, face of the paginae suffused with the dark color, […]"

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin vinaceus, from Latin vinum.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: vinaceus, vinum

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

more vinaceous (comparative) most vinaceous (superlative)

Phrases

vinaceous dove

Frequently Paired Words

wine-dark wine-blue

Synonyms

vinous winelike

Rhymes With

gracious spacious cretaceous tenacious audacious gaseous herbaceous voracious flirtatious vivacious ostentatious fallacious

Questions

What does vinaceous mean?: Containing wine.
Where does vinaceous come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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